Halkbank perseveres against Fenerbahce to win Teledunya Super Cup for men

Izmir,
Turkey, April 14, 2014. Halkbank Ankara, runner-up of the 2014 CEV
DenizBank Volleyball Champions League - Men, added another honour to a great
season by winning Turkey’s Teledunya Super Cup.

In the last match of the
Final Four tournament in Izmir, which also happened to be a direct battle for
the trophy, Halkbank overpowered the 2014 CEV Volleyball Challenge Cup winner
Fenerbahce Grundig Istanbul 3-2 (26-24, 17-25, 21-25, 25-21, 15-9).

The match started with both
sides trading runs and Halkbank was on the lucky side at the first technical
time-out at 8-7. With some good serving from Matey Kaziyski, Halkbank
jumped to a 14-10 lead. However, Fenerbahce Grundig did not give up and
narrowed the gap to 17-16 and then tied the score at 19-19 with some good
serving from Ivan Miljkovic, even taking the lead at 21-19. Halkbank gathered
up to level the score at 22-22 once more and then won the first set by 26-24.

In the second set Fenerbahce
Grundig was 13-10 ahead and coach Radostin Stoytchev took his first
time-out. But things did not work out for Halkbank when at 21-15
Fenerbahce Grundig was 6 points ahead of Halkbank, taking the second set 25-17
balancing the score 1-1.

Fenerbahce Grundig had a good
start to the third set, taking an 8-6 lead, extending it to 16-13. The
team from Istanbul kept its motivation and with the perfect spikes of Felipe
Fonteles won the third set 25-21.

In the fourth set of the match Halkbank was 8-6 ahead. With some good
offensive efforts by Fonteles and Miljkovic, Fenerbahce Grundig managed to tie
the score at 13-13, but that was not enough. Halkbank replied with Osmany
Juantorena’s flawless performance at the end to win the set by 25-21, moving
the match to a tie-breaker.

Halkbank had a fast start in the
fifth set and jumped to a 9-3 lead before winning 15-9 and triumphing with
Turkey’s national cup.